The bash began Thursday night with a salute to the Crue at House of Blues, where the veteran rockers were given the Elmer Valentine Award for their contribution to the history of the Strip. (Previous honorees include Ozzy Osbourne and Slash.) Friday night aviscoupon.org the event took to the clubs, with dozens of local bands playing till the wee hours at the Roxy (which hosted Ray Manzarek & Robby Krieger), the Whisky, the Viper Room and elsewhere.

Our Dan Krauss, accustomed to capturing the action in crowded situations thanks to a few Electric Daisy Carnivals, prowled the grounds into the night to bring us this slide show. Click the pic above to see more.

"Super thick crowds anywhere near the stage," he reports, "and almost impossible to get through if a band was performing. Matt & Kim were super bouncy and intense, making sure the crowd androidappstores.org was just as into it as they were by throwing out hundreds of balloons for people to blow up and let fly. Public Enemy played an awesome set, proving they're not too old to rock.

"Mötley Crüe went on about 20 minutes late but had a sick pyrotechnic show for 'Shout at the Devil.' You could walk down the Strip and duck in and out of bars, grabbing drinks and watching different bands - a bit like window shopping for live music."

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